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Rukmini

Index Rukmini

Rukmini (lit) is a Hindu goddess and the first queen of Krishna. [1]

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  1. 103 relations: Andhra Pradesh, Anushasana Parva, Arunachal Pradesh, Ashtabharya, Assamese language, Avatar, Ātman (Hinduism), Balarama, Bangladesh, Bhagavata Purana, Bhishmaka, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Brahman, Brahmin, Brihad Bhagavatamrita, Chariot, Chedi Kingdom, Chennai, Devi, Devi Bhagavata Purana, Dineshchandra Sircar, Divya Desam, Durvasa, Dvārakā, Ganga (goddess), Ganges, Garga Samhita, Garuda, Garuda Purana, Goa, Gopala Tapani Upanishad, Gujarat, Haridasa, Harivaṃśa, Jambavati, Jarasandha, Kamadeva, Kamsa, Kanchipuram, Kantajew Temple, Karnataka, Kerala, Krishna, Kundina, Lakshmi, Lunar dynasty, Mahabharata, Maharashtra, Mausala Parva, Mishmi people, ... Expand index (53 more) »

  2. Consorts of Krishna
  3. Forms of Lakshmi

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.

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Anushasana Parva

Anushasana Parva (अनुशासन पर्व, IAST: Anuśāsanaparva) or the "Book of Instructions", is the thirteenth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata.

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Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh is a state in northeast India.

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Ashtabharya

The Ashtabharya or Ashta-bharya(s) is the group of eight principal queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, the king of Dvaraka, Saurashtra in the Dvapara Yuga (epoch). Rukmini and Ashtabharya are characters in the Bhagavata Purana, characters in the Mahabharata and consorts of Krishna.

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Assamese language

Assamese or Asamiya (অসমীয়া) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language.

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Avatar

Avatar is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means.

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Ātman (Hinduism)

Ātman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word for the true or eternal Self or the self-existent essence or impersonal witness-consciousness within each individual.

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Balarama

Balarama (बलराम) is a Hindu god, and the elder brother of Krishna. Rukmini and Balarama are characters in the Bhagavata Purana and characters in the Mahabharata.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Bhagavata Purana

The Bhagavata Purana (भागवतपुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas).

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Bhishmaka

Bhishmaka, also called Hiranyaroman, is the king of Vidarbha In Hinduism. Rukmini and Bhishmaka are characters in the Bhagavata Purana and characters in the Mahabharata.

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Brahma Vaivarta Purana

The Brahmavaivarta Purana (ब्रह्मवैवर्त पुराण) is a voluminous Sanskrit text and a major Purana (Maha-purana) of Hinduism.

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Brahman

In Hinduism, Brahman (ब्रह्मन्; IAST: Brahman) connotes the highest universal principle, the Ultimate Reality of the universe.

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Brahmin

Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita

Brihad-bhagavatamrita is a sacred text for followers of the Hindu tradition of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

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Chariot

A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power.

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Chedi Kingdom

Chedi was a kingdom which fell roughly in the Bundelkhand division of Madhya Pradesh regions to the south of river Yamuna along the river Ken.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Devi

Devī (Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is ''deva''. Rukmini and Devi are Hindu goddesses.

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Devi Bhagavata Purana

The Devi Bhagavata Purana (देवी भागवतपुराणम्), also known as the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam or simply Devi Bhagavatam, is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas of Hinduism.

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Dineshchandra Sircar

Dineshchandra Sircar (1907–1985), also known as D. C. Sircar or D. C. Sarkar, was an epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, known particularly in India and Bangladesh for his work deciphering inscriptions.

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Divya Desam

A Divya Desam or Vaishnava Divya Desam is one of the 108 Vishnu and Lakshmi temples that is mentioned in the works of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.

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Durvasa

In Hindu scriptures, Durvasa (दुर्वासा), also known as Durvasas (दुर्वासस्), is a legendary rishi (sage). Rukmini and Durvasa are characters in the Mahabharata.

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Dvārakā

Dvārakā, also known as Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका "the gated ", possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or several very grand gates), is a sacred historic city in the sacred literature of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.

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Ganga (goddess)

Ganga (गङ्गा) is the personification of the river Ganges, who is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess of purification and forgiveness. Rukmini and Ganga (goddess) are characters in the Mahabharata and Hindu goddesses.

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Ganges

The Ganges (in India: Ganga,; in Bangladesh: Padma). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The -long river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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Garga Samhita

Garga Samhita is the title of several Sanskrit-language texts.

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Garuda

Garuda (translit; Garuḷa; Vedic Sanskrit: गरुळ) is a Hindu deity who is primarily depicted as the mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu.

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Garuda Purana

The Garuda Purana is one of 18 Mahāpurāṇa texts in Hinduism.

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Goa

Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats.

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Gopala Tapani Upanishad

The Gopala Tapani Upanishad is a Sanskrit text, and one of the later Upanishads attached to the Atharvaveda.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.

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Haridasa

The Haridasa Bhakti Sahitya devotional movement (sampradaya) originated in Karnataka, India, after Madhvacharya, and spread to eastern states such as Bengal and Assam of medieval India.

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Harivaṃśa

The Harivamsa is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 shlokas, mostly in the anustubh metre.

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Jambavati

Jambavati is chronologically the second Ashtabharya of the Hindu god Krishna. Rukmini and Jambavati are characters in the Bhagavata Purana and consorts of Krishna.

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Jarasandha

Jarasandha is a king featured in the Hindu literature. Rukmini and Jarasandha are characters in the Mahabharata.

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Kamadeva

Kama (कामदेव), also known as Kamadeva and Manmatha, is the Hindu god of erotic love, desire, pleasure and beauty, often portrayed alongside his consort and female counterpart, Rati.

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Kamsa

Kamsa (कंस) was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom, with its capital at Mathura. Rukmini and Kamsa are characters in the Bhagavata Purana and characters in the Mahabharata.

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Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram (IAST) also known as Kanjeevaram, is a stand alone city corporation, satellite nodal city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu.

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Kantajew Temple

Kantanagar Temple, commonly known as Kantaji Temple or Kantajew Temple (কান্তজীর মন্দির) at Kantanagar, is a Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh.

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Karnataka

Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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Krishna

Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism. Rukmini and Krishna are characters in the Bhagavata Purana and characters in the Mahabharata.

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Kundina

Kundina is an ancient Indian city, named as part of Kanishka's territory in the Rabatak inscription.

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Lakshmi

Lakshmi (sometimes spelled Laxmi) also known as Shri, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. Rukmini and Lakshmi are Hindu goddesses.

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Lunar dynasty

The Lunar dynasty (IAST: Candravaṃśa) is a legendary principal house of the Kshatriyas varna, or warrior–ruling varna (Social Class) mentioned in the ancient Indian texts.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Mausala Parva

The Mausala Parva (lit) is the sixteenth of the eighteen books of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata.

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Mishmi people

The Mishmi people are an ethnic group of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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Motilal Banarsidass

Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.

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Mount Kailash

Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ;; कैलास) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Narada

Narada (नारद), or Narada Muni, is a sage-divinity, famous in Hindu traditions as a travelling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom. Rukmini and Narada are characters in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Naradiya Purana

The Naradiya Purana (नारदीय पुराण) or Narada Purana (नारद पुराण), are two Vaishnavism texts written in Sanskrit language.

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Odisha

Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.

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Padma Purana

The Padma Purana (पद्मपुराण or पाद्मपुराण, or) is one of the eighteen Major Puranas, a genre of texts in Hinduism.

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Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple

Pandavatutar Perumal Temple or Thirupadagam located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu.

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Pandharpur

Pandharpur (Pronunciation: pəɳɖʱəɾpuːɾ) is a Popular pilgrimage town, on the banks of Chandrabhagā River, near Solapur city in Solapur District, Maharashtra, India.

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Parikshit

Parīkṣit (परीक्षित्) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period (12th–10th centuries BCE). Rukmini and Parikshit are characters in the Mahabharata.

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Parthasarathy Temple, Chennai

The Parthasarathy Temple is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in Chennai, India.

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Parvati

Parvati (पार्वती), also known as Uma (उमा) and Gauri (गौरी), is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. Rukmini and Parvati are Hindu goddesses.

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Pradyumna

Pradyumna (lit) is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his chief consort, Rukmini. Rukmini and Pradyumna are characters in the Bhagavata Purana and characters in the Mahabharata.

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Puranas

Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.

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Radha

Radha (राधा), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. In scriptures, Radha is mentioned as the avatar of Lakshmi and also as the Mūlaprakriti, the Supreme goddess, who is the feminine counterpart and internal potency (hladini shakti) of Krishna. Rukmini and Radha are consorts of Krishna, forms of Lakshmi and Hindu goddesses.

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Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi

Sri Vidhya Rajagopalaswamy temple is a Vaishnava shrine located in the town of Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Rajas

Rajas (Sanskrit: रजस्) is one of the three guṇas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.

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Rukmi

Rukmi (रुक्मी) is the ruler of Vidarbha according to the epic Mahabharata. Rukmini and Rukmi are characters in the Mahabharata.

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Rukmini Devi Temple

The Rukmini Devi Temple is a temple in Dwarka, away from Dwarka, Gujarat, India.

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Rukminisha Vijaya

Rukminisha Vijaya, is a Vaishnava work composed by the 16th-century Hindu, Madhava saint, Vadiraja Tirtha.

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Sankardev

Srimanta Sankardev (1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam. He is credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music (Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary language (Brajavali).

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Satyabhama

Satyabhama (IAST: satyabhāmā), also known as Satrajiti, is a Hindu goddess and the third queen consort of the Hindu god Krishna. Rukmini and Satyabhama are characters in the Bhagavata Purana, characters in the Mahabharata, consorts of Krishna and Hindu goddesses.

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Shishupala

Shishupala (lit,; sometimes spelt Sisupala) was the king of the Chedi kingdom, and an antagonist in the Mahabharata. Rukmini and Shishupala are characters in the Bhagavata Purana and characters in the Mahabharata.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis. Rukmini and Shiva are characters in the Mahabharata.

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Shuka

Shuka (शुक, also Shukadeva) is a rishi (sage) in Hinduism. Rukmini and Shuka are characters in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Skanda Purana

The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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Sri Krishnan Temple

Sri Krishnan Temple (Tamil: ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணன் கோயில், transl.) is a Hindu temple in Singapore.

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Sri Vaishnavism

Sri Vaishnavism is a denomination within the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism, predominantly practiced in South India.

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Sudama

Sudama, also known as Kuchela, is a childhood friend of the Hindu deity Krishna. Rukmini and Sudama are characters in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Svayamvara

Svayamvara (translit-std) is a type of marriage mentioned in Hindu mythology where a woman chose a man as her husband from a group of suitors.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Telangana

Telangana (ISO) is a state in India situated in the southern-central part of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Thennangur

Thennangur, is a town panchayat located in the Vandavasi Taluk of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thirukkavalampadi

Thirukkavalampadi or Gopalakrishna Perumal Temple is located in Thirunangur in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tirumala Krishna Idol

Tirumala Krishna idol is one of the idols in the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Tirupati

Tirupati is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Tulabhara

Tulabhara, also known as Tula-purusha (IAST: Tulāpuruṣa) or Tula-dana, is an ancient Hindu practice in which a person is weighed against a commodity (such as gold, grain, fruits or other objects), and the equivalent weight of that commodity is offered as donation.

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Tulasi in Hinduism

Tulasi, or Vrinda (holy basil) is a sacred plant in Hindu tradition. Rukmini and Tulasi in Hinduism are Hindu goddesses.

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Uddhava

Uddhava is a character from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, described to be the friend and counsellor of Krishna. Rukmini and Uddhava are characters in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Vadiraja Tirtha

Sri Vadiraja Tirtha (1480 – 1600) was a Dvaita philosopher, poet, traveller and mystic.

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Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Vamana

Vamana also known as Trivikrama, Urukrama, Upendra, Dadhivamana, and Balibandhana, is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.

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Venugopalaswamy Temple, Karvetinagaram

Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple is a Hindu-Vaishnavite temple situated at Karvetinagaram in, Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh state, India.

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Vidarbha

Vidarbha (Pronunciation: ʋid̪əɾbʱə) is a geographical region in the west Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Vidarbha Kingdom

The Vidarbha Kingdom in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata is among the many kingdoms ruled by Yadu kings (Bhoja Yadavas).

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Vishnu

Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. Rukmini and Vishnu are characters in the Bhagavata Purana.

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Vishnu Purana

The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism.

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Vithoba

Vithoba (IAST: Viṭhobā), also known as Vitthala (IAST: Viṭṭhala), and Panduranga (IAST: Pāṇḍuraṅga), is a Hindu deity predominantly worshipped in the Indian state of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

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Vithoba Temple

The Vithoba Temple, officially known as Shri Vitthal-Rukmini Mandir (श्री विठ्ठल्-रूक्मिणि देऊळ), is a Hindu temple in Pandharpur, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Warkari

Warkari (Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation:; Meaning: 'The one who performs the ''Wari''') is a sampradaya (religious movement) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, geographically associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Yadava

The Yadava were an ancient Indian people who believed to be descended from Yadu, a legendary king of Chandravamsha lineage.

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See also

Consorts of Krishna

Forms of Lakshmi

References

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